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Bengali and Burmese


Burmese and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Myanmar   

Second Language
India   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Mon   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
51   
30
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
12   
9

How Many Consonants
40   
29
33   
23

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Intha   

Where They Speak
India   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
bengali   
birman   

German Name
Bengali   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
4   
4
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
bur   

ISO 639 3
ben   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Bengali and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bengali and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bengali and Burmese Speaking population

Bengali and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bengali and Burmese on Bengali vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Burmese Language Codes

Bengali and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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